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I am currently a Stipendiary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. I obtained my PhD in Economics from the University of Edinburgh in September 2025, supervised by Prof Ed Hopkins and Dr Axel Gottfries.
My research interests include behavioural economics, game theory, adaptive learning, searching and matching. I am particularly interested in the impact of bounded rationality or imperfect cognition on the matching market. I am also interested in the applications of Large Language Models in economic games and human-AI interactions.
I am on the Job Market for 2025-2026 and available for interviews!
Research
Labour market mismatch can arise from workers having limited attention. This paper proposes a Generalized Partially Directed Search model, extending on existing literature by allowing inattentive workers to have diverse priors and heterogeneous attention costs. I show that mismatch can be inherited from bias in workers' default search strategies, and heterogeneous attention costs could contribute to greater variability in the equilibrium outcomes. I also explore equilibrium multiplicity that was not adequately accounted for in previous studies. Equilibria where workers adopt different application strategies may generate both higher market efficiency and lower monopsony power than when workers employ the same application strategies.
Download PDF →Please visit my Google Site homepage for a complete list of my working papers, publications, and ongoing research projects in behavioural economics, adaptive learning, and LLM applications in game theory.
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I have served as a Teaching Assistant for various courses at the University of Edinburgh, including graduate and undergraduate level econometrics, behavioural economics and topics in microeconomics courses.
For a complete list of my teaching experience and responsibilities, please visit my Google Site homepage.